THE PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA: 1961, 1962, 1963...four floors with an elevator of live music

THE PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA: 1961, 1962, 1963...four floors with an elevator of live music
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter

IT WAS A SPOT WHERE MANY ROMANCES BEGAN. While many only lasted one or two nights, some lasted much longer_________

THE PEANUTS CLUB IN YOKOHAMA: 1961, 1962, 1963...four floors with an elevator of live music

Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 11 May 10, 9.51AM PDT.

Yuuraku-gai St./遊楽街

Yuuraku-gai St./遊楽街
Originally uploaded by 慈朗-Yoshiaki

Yuuraku-gai St./遊楽街
There was an arcade in old days.This street (Yuurakugai-st) intersects main street after this.

Uploaded by 慈朗-Yoshiaki on 23 Jan 10, 7.00AM PDT.

THE OLD IMPERIAL HOTEL in PRE-WW2 TOKYO -- Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece in Japan

THE OLD IMPERIAL HOTEL in PRE-WW2 TOKYO -- Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece in Japan
Originally uploaded by Okinawa Soba

I STAYED HERE IN 1961: COST FOR A DECENT ROOM WAS ABOUT $10..................................HONEST. AND NOW IT IS GONE.
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Here we have T. ENAMI meeting up with the work of FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. Wright's version of the Imperial Hotel, replacing those that came before it, opened on September 1st, 1923 -- the same fateful day on which the Great Kanto Plains Earthquake destroyed Enami's Photographic Studio -- along with most of Yokohama and Tokyo.

Thanks to Wright's modern building techniques that employed a large amount of steel girders and reinforcements, this hotel survived with only minor damage. Enami himself had rebuilt his studio on Benten Street and was back in business within two years.

After 45 years in service, the structure was finally razed in 1968 to make way for a new incarnation. Thankfully, conservation minded individuals assured that part of the Hotel was saved. Students of Wright's architectural works may continue to see and examine this original Entryway at Meiji Mura Architectural Park outside of Nagoya.

The new Imperial Hotel in Tokyo has also incorporated some pieces of Wright's embellishments as part of the public interior spaces --- at least I remember seeing some of it before passing out in the Bar after too many "Rum and Cokes".

For more on the long history of the place, and its many incarnations, see : www.imperialhotel.co.jp/cgi-bin/imperial_hp/index_e.cgi?a...

Frank Lloyd Wright was also a photographer, and a book of 50 of his photographs taken while in Japan has been published. (Try a used book connection thru amazon.com)

From a Lantern-slide by T. ENAMI of Yokohama. Ca.1923-28. For more on the Life and Times of Enami see : www.t-enami.org/


For the MOTHER LODE of T. Enami photographs here on the Web --- all CC rated for your creative use --- see this Flickr collection : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/collections/7215761388...


RANDOM SOBA : www.flickriver.com/photos/24443965@N08/random/

Casual Pose

Casual Pose
Originally uploaded by born1945

Thanks to BORN 1945 for adding this to the 40 years or older group of my Flickr Public Group about Japan. You can get there by following this photograph. It is an exceptionally clear photo for a vintage 1930, further evidence that the Japanese have been making some great cameras for a long time.
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Casual Pose
These are from my collection of vintage Japanese photos. I believe these all date from the 1930s or maybe earlier.

Uploaded by born1945 on 19 Aug 09, 3.28PM PDT.

Originally uploaded by Art of the Luggage Label

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